Biomedical Science

Undergraduate and Advanced Research

From the very beginning of the course, significant importance has been placed on undergraduate research, aiming to provide practical training, foster creative and analytical thinking, and offer an informed perspective on pursuing a career in research. To facilitate this, students engage in short- term research projects under the guidance of scientists from renowned research institutes and universities. Additionally, faculty members of the Department provide mentorship throughout the research process.

Participating in research projects not only enables students to learn modern techniques and gain insights into fundamental and contemporary scientific problems, but it also has a transformative impact on their personal skills. Students have actively contributed to projects funded by esteemed organizations such as DBT, CSIR-Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD), DST- Entrepreneurship Development Cell (IEDC), DBT Star College Scheme, DU Innovation Project, and the ELITE fellowship scheme of the college. Notably, our students have also secured highly competitive fellowships such as KVPY, JNCASR, IAS, among others.

Opportunities abound for students to participate in national and international workshops, seminars, conferences, where they can present their research findings. Moreover, the Department has received research funding from prominent sources like OSDD, TATA CSIR-OSDD, DST- SERB, and ICMR to support advanced research endeavors.

We take immense pride in the achievements of our senior most faculty members, including Prof. Urmi Bajpai, Dr. Sunita Jetly, Prof. Gagan Dhawan., Dr. Archna Pandey and Dr. Rajesh Chaudhary. Their exceptional research profiles highlight the department's commitment to impactful and groundbreaking science.

S.No Principal Investigator/s Title of project and Period Funded by (Amount)

1

Dr. Urmi Bajpai

A Virtual Centre of Excellence for Coordinated Research on Tuberculosis: Development of Alternate Strategies (Nov. 2006-March 2009)

DBT

(Rs. 24.85 L)

2

Dr. Urmi Bajpai

Cloning and expression of selected genes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (July 2010-November 2012)

CSIR-OSDD

(Rs. 16.85 L)

3

Dr. Gagan Dhawan

Dr. Seema Gupta

Dr. Manisha Jain

Mentor: Dr. K.C. Gupta

Director, CSIR- IITR, Lucknow

Survey-based study to identify the health hazards associated with occupational exposure of textile dyes used by dyers to color the fabrics (2012-2013).

DU-Innovation project

(Rs. 10 L)

4

Dr. Rajesh Chaudhary

Dr. Savithri Singh

Dr. M.S. Rajeswari

Mentor: Dr. G Nagarjuna

HBCSE- TIFR, Mumbai

Recording and Analysis of Locomotory Behavior among Birds. (2012-2013)

DU-Innovation project

(Rs. 10 L)

5

Dr. Rajesh Chaudhary

Dr. Amit Garg

Dr. Arijit Chowdhuri

Mentor: Prof. Vinay Gupta, DU

Glucose detection – a biosensing approach (2012-2013).

DU-Innovation project

(Rs. 10 L)

6

Dr. Gagan Dhawan

Use of open source tools: Integrating bioinformatics and chemoinformatics for addressing complex problems in biology. (2012-2013)

IEDC-DST

(Rs.1.0 L)

7

Dr. Urmi Bajpai

Dr. Sarita Kumar

Mr. Vishal Dhingra

Mobile healthcare: Future of healthcare in India. A feasibility study. (2013-2014)

DU-Innovation project

(Rs. 5.0 L)

8

Dr. Gagan Dhawan

Dr. Manisha Jain and

Dr. Seema Gupta

Design and Development of Gold Nanoparticle based Optical Sensor for Protease Sensing. (2013-2014)

IEDC-DST

(Rs.1.0 L)

9.

Dr. Urmi Bajpai

TATA CSIR OSDD FELLOWSHIP (TCOF) Projects:

TCOF 13

Virtual Screening and in-vitro assays for inhibitors of Mur Enzymes.

TCOWF

Investigating the diversity of Mycobacteriophages in India- A Pilot study.

TCOF 21

Computational identification, purification and functional analysis of proteins from Mycobacteriophages and to explore their antimycobacterial potential.

Total Fellowship Amount:

Rs 5.22 L

Number of TCOFs– 6

2014 – 2016

10.

Dr. Gagan Dhawan

Dr. Manisha Jain and

Dr. Seema Gupta

Extraction of microbial enzymes from kitchen waste and preparation of Biological Detergent". (September, 2015- 30 September, 2016)

IEDC-DST

(Rs.1.0 L)

11.

Ms. Sunita Jetly

Dr. Subhash Kumar

Leveraging big data for astronomy and health care (2015-2016).

DU-Innovation project

(Rs. 5 L)

12

Dr. Urmi Bajpai

Mur pathway enzymes: Potential candidates for multi-targeted therapy. (2013-2015) (One Ph.D degree awarded in this project).

CSIR-OSDD

Rs. 30.38 L

13

Dr. Urmi Bajpai

Mtb Mur pathway enzymes: Potential targets for Multi-targeted therapy”

(Screening of chemical libraries using one-pot assay developed for Mur enzymes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Oct 2015-March 2016)

CSIR-OSDD

Rs. 7.184 L

14

Dr. Urmi Bajpai

TCOF Projects:

TCOF 13

Virtual Screening and in-vitro assays for inhibitors of Mur Enzymes.

TCOWF

Investigating the diversity of Mycobacteriophages in India- A Pilot study.

TCOF 21

Computational identification, purification and functional analysis of proteins from Mycobacteriophages and to explore their antimycobacterial potential.

TATA CSIR-OSDD (Fellowships – 6)

5.22 L

(Total Fellowship amount)

15

Dr. Gagan Dhawan

Dr. Pooja Bhagat,

Dr. Seema Gupta

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of oxindole-based isoxazolines towards the analog synthesis of marine natural product Flustraminol-B (2015-2016).

DU-Innovation project

Rs. 4.5 L

16

Dr. Amit Garg,

Dr. Abhishek Kumar Mehta,

Mr. Vishal Dhingra

Development of a multisensor gesture controlled Wheelchair System for Persons with Disability (2015-2016)

DU-Innovation project

Rs. 5 L

17

Dr. Urmi Bajpai

Ongoing

Multi-institutional ICMR project: “An investigational study on Mycobacteriophages and their enzymes as new drug (IND) for treating tuberculosis”. (2019-2022)

ICMR, Grant: Rs. 22,16,000 Lakhs.

18

Dr. Urmi Bajpai

Ongoing

A DST-SERB project: Recombinant endolysins from mycobacteriophages: exploring their anti-Mycobacterial potential. (2018-2021)

DBT,

Grant: Rs 46,70,200 Lakh